Adam

Adam, the first man created by God, sinned and brought death into the world, but through Christ, the last Adam, came life and resurrection.

The name Adam means “earthy; red”

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Summary

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Genesis 2:19; referred to as Adam (אָדָם), Adam or "man" or "mankind" (הָאָדָם), or Adam (Ἀδάμ); husband of Eve; father of Cain, Abel and Seth.

Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Adam (Person)

Family members

Spouse

Eve

Siblings

Eve

Children

Abel Cain Seth

Alternative names

Mentions

Includes 10 verses that refer to Adam without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
  2. The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
  3. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
  4. And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
  5. Genesis 2:25Referred to, not named
    And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
  6. Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
  7. But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
  8. Genesis 3:10Referred to, not named
    “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
  9. Genesis 3:11Referred to, not named
    “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
  10. And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
  11. Genesis 3:18Referred to, not named
    Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
  12. Genesis 3:19Referred to, not named
    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  13. And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
  14. And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
  15. Genesis 3:23Referred to, not named
    Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
  16. And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
  17. And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
  18. This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
  19. Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
  20. When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
  21. And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
  22. So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
  23. When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
  24. Adam, Seth, Enosh,
  25. …if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
  26. But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
  27. …the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
  28. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
  29. Romans 5:15Referred to, not named
    But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
  30. Romans 5:16Referred to, not named
    Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
  31. Romans 5:17Referred to, not named
    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
  32. Romans 5:18Referred to, not named
    So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
  33. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
  34. So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
  35. For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
  36. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
  37. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones